Friday, November 11, 2011

Free Painters and Sculptors Winter show 2011Conflict and ResolutionInternational terrorism, the global banking crisis, London riots, travelling on thetube, a hair in your food, running out of toothpaste, toe nails in the bath,….Conflict and resolution is evident in the severe to the mundane; the macro tothe micro; the serious to the trivial.Conflict and resolution also represents the artist’s creative process – the mind ina state of flux, inhabited by the conflict of subject, colour and contrast leadingultimately to the resolution of the finished work.November’s show 'Conflict and Resolution' brings together the best of the longestablished art group – Free Painters and Sculptors – and demonstrates theireclectic style in interpreting this unsettling theme.About FPSFPS is an eclectic group of painters, printmakers and sculptors whose worksrange from the traditional and delicate to the bold and contemporary. All embodythe ethos of the group’s founding principle – namely to be free from theconstraints of populist art movements and fashions.The group was established in 1952 and was originally associated with the ICA(Institute of Contemporary Arts). The founding members featured many highprofile and influential artists, including Henry Moore.During the fifties and sixties it played a significant part in the establishment ofabstract art, the first of a number of post war movements that freed artists fromthe orthodoxy of rigid ideals, and became a forerunner of the currentpostmodern ideals of free expression.‘Conflict and Resolution’ marks the penultimate show for FPS before its 60thanniversary in 2012.When20–26 November 2011 | Preview 24 November 2011, 7pmWhereLa Galleria30 Royal Opera Arcade | Pall Mall | London SW1Y 4UYFeaturing artistsCos Ahmet | Dijana Bekvalac | Lorenzo Belenguer | Simon Burder | David Davies| Caroline Falkland | Malcolm Franklin | Rosina Flower | Odette Farrel | KasiaKaldowski | Mariusz Kaldowski | Gabriel Parfitt | John Parfitt | John Mackenzie |Pete Murry | Piky | Robert Perry | Roy Rasmussen | James Reynolds | BruniSchling | Ines Szamrey | Kate Wilson |